Audio clips and exporting with Audacity
You want to save a Clip in multiple files, follow these steps:
- Open any Audio-file. To do this, press "Ctrl""+"O" simultaneously, and select a file. Are supported including WAV, OGG, FLAC and MP3.
- In the Track, zoom in, press "Ctrl"+"1". You want to zoom out, press the "1" to "3".
- Press the Skip-Back Button. In order to land at the very beginning of the track. Now you need a Label. To do this, press "Ctrl"+"B".
- Play the Track with the Play Button up to the point at which you want to share it. You can stop with the Pause button at the point you want to split the Track. Press again "Ctrl"+"B".
- If the Labels are set correctly, can you export the two Tracks individually. To do this, click "file" and then "export Multiple files".
- Now you can choose which Format to use. For example, select MP3 if you want to transfer the file to an MP3 Player. Also the target directory you specify here.
- Under "create files, on the basis of" is by default already selected the correct Option "bookmarks". A check in the "audio files prior to the first bookmark to include" is not necessary, because you have set the first Label exactly at the beginning of the track.
- After you have confirmed with "Export", you can edit the meta data of the Export one track at a time.
- Confirm twice with "Ok". Then the file is exported. If you've selected file formats such as MP3, you may need to download the appropriate Codec and install it. As for MP3s, you can find out here.
Label in Audacity
Did you know? In Audacity you can create your own keyboard shortcuts to work faster. How to do this, you will learn in this practical tip.
